House Democrats emerged from a closed-door briefing at the White House on Tuesday, which reacted to President Donald Trump’s response to reports that Russia paid rewards to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan for attacking and kill American troops. “The president publicly called this a hoax. Nothing in the briefing we just …
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After the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, advocates of police reform called for the police to be removed, banned from strangleholds, and more effectively punished officers who abuse their power or display racial bias. Before any of those proposed reforms can take effect, lawmakers and department heads would first …
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About 25% of residents of the New York City area have likely already been infected with the coronavirus, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday. Researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City released a study Monday, suggesting that 19.3% of people in …
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Public health officials and doctors have criticized the Trump administration’s lack of coordinated response to the virus. President Donald Trump has been downplaying the outbreak, saying the United States is nearing the end of the pandemic, unlike experts in his own administration. Meanwhile, US health officials are urging Americans to …
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People wait in line in front of the United States Supreme Court in Washington on March 18, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday 5-4 that a Montana scholarship program that indirectly provided state funds to religious schools is protected by the Constitution, weighing in on a …
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